Probing the Anisotropy and Non-Gaussianity in the Redshift Space through the Conditional Moments of the First Derivative

TL;DR

This paper introduces the conditional moments of the first derivative ($cmd$) as a new measure to analyze anisotropy and non-Gaussianity in redshift space, demonstrating its sensitivity to redshift space distortions and potential for improved cosmological parameter constraints.

Contribution

The study develops a perturbative framework for $cmd$ in redshift space, incorporating non-Gaussianity effects and validating results with simulations, offering a novel tool for cosmological analysis.

Findings

$cmd$ effectively detects linear and non-linear redshift space distortions.

Including non-Gaussianity mildly skews the $cmd$ in simulations.

Joint $cmd+cr$ analysis enhances constraints on $\

Abstract

Focusing on the redshift space observations with plane-parallel approximation and relying on the rotational dependency of the general definition of excursion sets, we introduce the so-called conditional moments of the first derivative ($cmd$) measures for the smoothed matter density field in three dimensions. We derive the perturbative expansion of $cmd$ for the real space and redshift space where peculiar velocity disturbs the galaxies' observed locations. Our criteria can successfully recognize the contribution of linear Kaiser and Finger-of-God effects. Our results demonstrate that the $cmd$ measure has significant sensitivity for pristine constraining the redshift space distortion parameter $\beta=f/b$ and interestingly, the associated normalized quantity in the Gaussian linear Kaiser limit has only $\beta$ dependency. Implementation of the synthetic anisotropic Gaussian field approves the consistency between the theoretical and numerical results. Including the first-order contribution of non-Gaussianity perturbatively in the $cmd$ criterion implies that the N-body simulations for the Quijote suite in the redshift space have been mildly skewed with a higher value for the threshold greater than zero. The non-Gaussianity for the perpendicular direction to the line of sight in the redshift space for smoothing scales $R\gtrsim 20$ Mpc h$^{-1}$ is almost the same as the real space. In contrast, the non-Gaussianity along the line of sight direction in redshift space is magnified. The Fisher forecasts indicate an almost significant enhancement in constraining the cosmological parameters, $\Omega_m$, $\sigma_8$, and $n_s$ when using $cmd+cr$ jointly.